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COVID has claimed at least 81 here since July surge

As the state continues inexplicably to withhold weekly COVID death counts by county, Indian River County’s health department ...

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Beachland Elementary becomes first school closed here by COVID surge

The closing of Beachland Elementary School until Sept. 7 amid a COVID-19 outbreak shows why students and educators ...

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Wolf Laurel: For a half century, Vero’s mystic mountain escape

High in the Appalachian rain forest, a nine-hour drive from Sexton Plaza, the mountain resort of Wolf Laurel ...

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Island clubs require that employees get COVID vaccine shots

Responding to the recent spike in COVID-19 infections locally and nationally, at least four of the island’s prominent ...

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Shores takes utility dispute with Vero to federal court

News Analysis Indian River Shores has asked a federal court to strike down the City of Vero Beach’s ...

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McCord resigns, creating a vacancy on Shores Council

Indian River Shores Town Councilman John McCord has resigned, effective Friday, and the town expects to appoint a ...

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Piper Aircraft needs more workers to build planes

Piper Aircraft says the COVID-19 pandemic has left them short about 100 workers at their Vero Beach manufacturing ...

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Tracey Zudans runs for Vero City Council

It’s been nearly two years since the Vero Beach City Council has had someone named Zudans on the ...

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Deryl Loar runs for County Commission

Nearly nine months after leaving office, former sheriff Deryl Loar said last week he plans to run for ...

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Death toll here from Delta surge finally becoming clear

Just how many people have died here since the Delta variant took over has been not been easy ...

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Accused killer Perkins asks appeals court to remove judge from his case

Accused killer and former South Beach resident Asbury Lee Perkins, determined to have Circuit Court Judge Dan Vaughn ...

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Fence going up to make Wabasso bridge safer for bikers

A 36-inch-high chain link fence is being installed on the “high bridge” section of the Wabasso Causeway in ...